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Being Intentional in What You Feed Your Mind

Anthony Iannarino

Because the algorithms are designed to keep you on a platform for as long as possible to maximize the revenue from ad sales, the content you see isn’t randomly shown to you, but instead intentionally placed in front of you. The intention of the content you consume is a large part of how you know whether or not it is useful to you.

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Why Success Formulas and Sales Plans Fail

Anthony Cole Training

if you are missing critical pieces of the process. For most people, the success formula is a new exercise designed to create a logical and systematic approach to their sales process. The goals were actually negotiable and you, the sales person, are not doing everything possible to succeed. It doesn’t always work that way.

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How to Avoid the Tyranny of Process by Becoming Agile

Anthony Iannarino

These and many other factors have made whatever might once have been a linear sales process more difficult to follow and maintain. Disclaimer : I would never suggest you go without a sales process. Too little guidance (or no process at all) and you remove “overall intent.” Not Following Orders.

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The Best Sales Book, That Isn’t a Sales Book

A Sales Guy

The ability to take a problem-centric approach to the sales process is powerful. He, for all intents and purposes, predicts it. The post The Best Sales Book, That Isn’t a Sales Book appeared first on A Sales Guy. See if you can see that. See if you can find it. It’s powerful.

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You Have No Idea if the Deal will Close, BUT You Can Know This

A Sales Guy

Knowing if a deal is going to close is at the center of every opportunity discussion of every sales organization in the world. Trying to understand if a deal is going to close as you are going through the sales process is the wrong way to go about things. You have no idea if a deal will close.

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10 Things You Are Forbidden from Negotiating Away

Anthony Iannarino

Assuming Good Intentions : Every day, you will have an opportunity to assume that people who are different from you are your enemies. You are supposed to assume their intentions are bad. You don’t have to trade away your willingness to assume good intentions , and by doing so, allow people to assume your good intentions.

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What Salespeople Already Do Now

Anthony Iannarino

Intentions matter a great deal when it comes to sales and relationships, and the relatively small percentage of people who have no purpose other than the sale are outliers. It is worse to accuse salespeople of wicked intentions that are not present. We Solve Tough Problems.

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